The fyuA-irp gene cluster contributes to the virulence of highly pathogenic Yersinia (Yersinia
pestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and Yersinia enterocolitica 1B). The cluster encodes an …

Sensitivity to Yersinia pestis bacteriocin pesticin correlates with the existence of two groups
of human pathogenic yersiniae, mouse lethal and mouse nonlethal. The presence of the …

Highly pathogenic Yersinia carry a pathogenicity island termed high-pathogenicity island
(HPI). The Yersinia HPI comprises genes involved in the synthesis of the siderophore …

Diversification of bacterial species and pathotypes is largely caused by horizontal transfer of
diverse DNA elements such as plasmids, phages and genomic islands (eg pathogenicity …

Yersinia pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis O: 1, and Y. enterocolitica biogroup 1B strains carry a
high-pathogenicity island (HPI), which mediates biosynthesis and uptake of the siderophore …

A pathogenicity island termed high-pathogenicity island (HPI) is present in pathogenic
Yersinia. This 35 to 45 kb island carries genes involved in synthesis, regulation and …

The Yersinia high-pathogenicity island (HPI) encodes an iron uptake system mediated by
the siderophore yersiniabactin (Ybt) and confers the virulence of highly pathogenic Yersinia …

Production of the siderophore yersiniabactin is associated with virulence in Yersinia
species. The genes for biosynthesis and uptake of yersiniabactin are located on a high …

Iron starvation induces the synthesis of two high molecular weight proteins (HMWP1 and 2)
in Yersinia. The presence of the irp2 gene coding for the HMWP2 was investigated in 170 …

Pathogenicity islands (PAIs) have been identified in several bacterial species. A PAI called
high‐pathogenicity island (HPI) and carrying genes involved in iron acquisition …